J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Four Sketches on the River Seine at Saint-Cloud 1821

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Four Sketches on the River Seine at Saint-Cloud’ 1821
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 33 Recto:
Four Sketches on the River Seine at Saint-Cloud 1821
D24562
Turner Bequest CCLVIII 33
Pencil on white wove paper, 123 x 118 mm
Inscribed in pencil by Turner on the second sketch down: ?‘Ball[...] Bas]’ left; and on the third sketch down: ‘Sheep’ and ‘B’ bottom left, ? ‘Tidy Wharf’ just left of centre, ?‘Saw pit’ bottom centre-right
Stamped in black ‘CCLVIII – 33’ top right running vertically
Inscribed in pencil ‘53’ top right running vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the sketchbook turned to the left are four sketches running down the page, all made at Saint-Cloud on the Seine about six miles west of the centre of Paris. The top sketch depicts the two bridges at Saint-Cloud; (compare to folio 27 verso; Tate D24552; Turner Bequest CCLVIII 27a). Next is a view along the Seine towards Paris which can be made out in the distance. The third sketch depicts the banks of the Seine at Saint-Cloud with figures and ‘sheep’ on the bank, and boats in the water. Finally at the bottom of the page is another riverside scene with Paris in the distance.
For further sketches made at Saint-Cloud in the present sketchbook, see folio 3 verso (Tate D24505; Turner Bequest CCLVIII 3a).
Technical notes:
The page has yellowed apart from an unaffected border around the edge due to light exposure when the work was exhibited.

Thomas Ardill
February 2013

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Four Sketches on the River Seine at Saint-Cloud 1821 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, February 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, August 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-four-sketches-on-the-river-seine-at-saint-cloud-r1146349, accessed 11 May 2024.